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The Department of Communication, Popular Culture and Film (CPCF) at @brocku.ca examines the impact of media and communication in the creation of meaning, identity, and social change.
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Brock CPCF @brockucpcf.bsky.social · Aug 28
Welcome to the official Bluesky account for Communication, Popular Culture and Film (CPCF) at Brock University.

This is your space to stay connected with the department and conversations around communication, media, and culture.

Follow along and be part of the CPCF community.
#BrockU #CPCF
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Dr.Nebesio and the fourth year students of Theories of the Visible (COMM/FILM 4P31) are continuing their discussion of Character Engagement and motor theory of speech. They will be screening Plemya (Slaboshpytsky, 2014).

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#CPCF #BrockU #TheoriesoftheVisible #Character
The Tribe - Plemya - Плем'я | official trailer US (2015) Miroslav Slaboshpitsky
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November 13, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Today in Advanced Theories in Digital Culture (COMM 3p90), @smithisgeneric.bsky.social is looking at documentary and
reflection. The students will be watching The Wikipedia Promise (Castella and Hannover, 2021).

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#CPCF #BrockU #DigitalCulture #Wikipedia #Communication
The Wikipedia Promise - Trailer
YouTube video by Video Project
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November 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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In Gender & Contemporary Cinema (FILM 3P98), Dr. Milliken is looking at female auteurs revising the western genre and screening The Rider (Chloe Zhao, 2017).

youtu.be/AlrWRttLTkg?...

#CPCF #BrockU #Film #FilmStudies #Cinema #Gender
The Rider | Official Trailer HD (2017)
YouTube video by Sony Pictures Classics
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November 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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In the Internship course (COMM 4F00), @katejcassidy.bsky.social is discussing organizational culture and design, and how to decode values and norms from cultural artifacts.

What can you learn about culture that will tell you more about how you can contribute and flourish with others?

#CPCF
November 11, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Today in Film History (FILM 2F90), Dr.Nebesio is looking at La Cucaracha (Lloyd Corrigan, 1935), Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (F. W. Murnau, 1927), The coming of sound and colour and the rise of the studio era.

youtu.be/3r8nQT5Z9hw?...

#CPCF #BrockU #FilmStudies #FilmHistory #EarlyCinema #Murnau
F.W. Murnau's SUNRISE: A SONG OF TWO HUMANS - Trailer
YouTube video by Joerg Bauer
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November 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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In Canadian Cinema (FILM 2P56), Dr.Lester is Screening Double Happiness (Mina Shum, 1994), and discussing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the Canadian
Film Industry.

youtu.be/oNTA_A3llwg?...

#CPCF #BrockU #CanadianCinema #FilmStudies #SandraOh
Double Happiness
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November 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Today in Documentary Cinema (FILM 2P54), the class is discussing provocateur filmmaker Michael Moore and screening Roger & Me (1989).

youtu.be/gOwXkstRaBw?...

#CPCF #BrockU #Documentary #DocumentaryCinema #FilmStudies @mmflint.bsky.social
Roger & Me (1989) Official Trailer - Michael Moore GM Documentary HD
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November 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Today in Crisis Communication (COMM 4P57), the fourth year students are discussing the four tenets of response - Openness, Regular Communication, Responding Quickly, Consistency and Coherence.

#CPCF #BrockU #CommunicationStudies #CrisisCommunication
November 10, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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In Food and Popular Culture (COMM 3Q92) today, Dr. Botterill is looking at food promotion and marketing.

#CPCF #BrockU #CommunicationStudies #MediaStudies #PopularCulture #Food
November 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Today in Interpersonal Communication (COMM 2P55), Dr. Dun and his stuents are discussing conflict.

#CPCF #BrockU #CommunicationStudies
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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The first year Film students are learning about acting and watching C'mon C'mon (Mike Mills, 2021)

youtu.be/7mzushAOM88?...

#CPCF #BrockU #Film #Acting #FilmStudies #cinema
C'mon C'mon | Official Trailer HD | A24
YouTube video by A24
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November 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Dr.Nebesio and the fourth year students of Theories of the Visible (COMM/FILM 4P31) are continuing their discussion of Character Engagement with motor theory of speech.

#CPCF #BrockU #Theoriesofthevisible #communicationStudies #visualculture
November 6, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Today in Advanced Topics in Digital Culture (COMM 3P90), @smithisgeneric.bsky.social and her students are discussing information and AI literacies.

#CPCF #BrockU #AI #CommunicationStudies #DigitalCulture
November 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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Today in Gender & Contemporary Cinema (FILM 3P98), Dr.Milliken is screening Boys Don't Cry (Kimberly Peirce, 1999). The students are reading about the debates around the film and the transgender body on screen.

youtu.be/Ar9wGSd7KVQ?...

#CPCF #BrockU #Transgenderforeverybody #film
Boys Don't Cry (1999) Trailer #1 | Movieclips Classic Trailers
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November 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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In Dr.Koeber's Profesional Communication (COMM 1P96) course, the first year students will be discussing the importance of sentence variation.

#CPCF #BrockU #Communication #ProfessionalCommunication.
November 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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This week @katejcassidy.bsky.social and the internship students (COMM 4F00) will look at relational views of power.

What if power is not held but negotiated and distributed? What power do you already have, and how will you use it?

#CPCF #BrockU #BusinessCommunication #Workplace #Internship
November 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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In Film History (FILM 2P90), They are exploring French Cinema of the 20s: Ballet Mécanique (Fernand Léger and Dudley Murphy, 1924), Un Chien andalou (Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí, 1928) and The Passion of Joan of Arc (Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1928).

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#CPCF #SilentCinema #Film
Ballet Mécanique (1924, 2K Digitally Restored, With Score by George Antheil)
YouTube video by Journey To The Center Of The Cinema
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November 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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We don't have to stop watching horror films just because Halloween is over. Today in Canadian Cinema (FILM 2P56) Dr. Lester is screening My Bloody Valentine (George Mihalka, 1981) and talking about the Tax Shelter Era.

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#CPCF #BrockU #CanadianCinema #Horror #FilmStudies
My Bloody Valentine (1981) - Official Trailer
YouTube video by ScreamFactoryTV
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November 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Today in Documentary Cinema (FILM 2P54), Dr. Milliken is looking at Feminist documentaries and screening Taking Our Bodies Back (azarus, Wunderlich, Fink, 1974) and Not a Love Story (Bonnie Sherr-Klein, 1980).

youtu.be/UXAEmHCblfs?...

#CPCF #BrockU #Feminism #FeministFilm #Documentary
Taking our bodies back
YouTube video by Concord Media
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November 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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In Crisis Communication, Dr.Koeber is discussing crisis specifically in Sports and Entertainment.

#CPCF #BrockU #CrisisCommunication #communicationStudies
November 3, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Today in Food and Popular Culture (COMM 3Q92) Dr.Botterill is looking at contemporary food imagery, specifically "Food Porn".

#CPCF #BrockU #PopularCulture #Media #MediaStudies #Food #Foodporn
November 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Dr. Dun and the Interpersonal Communication (COMM 2P55) students are discussing the issues around relationship problems.

#CPCF #BrockU #CommunicationStudies #InterpersonalCommunication
November 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Today the Intro to Film Studies (FILM 1F94) class is discussing Sound and screening Brian De Palma's Blow Out (1981).

youtu.be/dgWfyFgEsO8?...

#CPCF #BrockU #FilmStudies #Cinema #Film
Blow Out Official Trailer #2 - John Travolta Movie (1981) HD
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November 3, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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In Theories of the Visible (COMM/FILM 4P31) Dr. Nebesio is looking at character engagement in visual narratives.

#CPCF #BrockU #Narrative #CommunicationTheory
October 30, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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@smithisgeneric.bsky.social and the students in Advanced Topics in Digital Culture (COMM 3P90) are continuing their discussion on Wikipedia. They will examine its relationship with AI.

#CPCF #BrockU #AI #CommunicationStudies #DigitalCulture
October 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM